{ } a. Placed in the center or middle; central; situated at or near a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

At York or some other centrical place. Sir W. Scott.

-- Cen"tric*al*ly, adv. -- Cen"tric*al*ness, n. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ , a. [ F. concentrique. See Concenter. ] Having a common center, as circles of different size, one within another. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concentric circles upon the surface of the water. Sir I. Newton. [ 1913 Webster ]

Concentrical rings like those of an onion. Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a concentric manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

a. See Eccentric. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In an eccentric manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

Drove eccentrically here and there. Lew Wallace. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. 1. Same as Eccentric, Eccentrical. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Bot.) One-sided; having the normally central portion not in the true center. Gray. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Gr. ge`a, gh^, the earth + ke`ntron center: cf. F. géocentrique. ] (Astron.) (a) Having, considering, or based on, the earth as center; as, the geocentric theory of the universe; in relation to or seen from the earth, -- usually opposed to heliocentric, as seen from the sun; as, the geocentric longitude or latitude of a planet. [ 1913 Webster + Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

Geocentric latitude (of place) the angle included between the radius of the earth through the place and the plane of the equator, in distinction from geographic latitude. It is a little less than the geographic latitude. [ 1913 Webster ]

adv. In a geocentric manner. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Helio- + centric, centrical: cf. F. héliocentrique. ] (Astron.) pertaining to the sun's center, or appearing to be seen from it; having, or relating to, the sun as a center; -- opposed to geocentrical. [ 1913 Webster ]

Heliocentric parallax. See under Parallax. --
Heliocentric place,
latitude,
longitude, etc. (of a heavenly body), the direction, latitude, longitude, etc., of the body as viewed from the sun. [ 1913 Webster ]

{ } a. [ Pref. para- + centric, -ical: cf. F. paracentrique. ] Deviating from circularity; changing the distance from a center. [ 1913 Webster ]

Paracentric curve (Math.), a curve having the property that, when its plane is placed vertically, a body descending along it, by the force of gravity, will approach to, or recede from, a fixed point or center, by equal distances in equal times; -- called also a paracentric. --
Paracentric motion or
Paracentric velocity, the motion or velocity of a revolving body, such as a planet, by which it approaches to, or recedes from, the center, without reference to its motion in space, or to its motion as reckoned in any other direction. [ 1913 Webster ]